Imperial awards i.d.

[Wartime Collectables]

A recent collection included some Imperial awards I haven't been able to identify. Your help appreciated!

[Don D.]

Turkish War Medal (aka Gallipoli Star or Iron Half Moon) and Austrian Iron Crown.

[Wartime Collectables]

Awesome! This could be a long thread and the help is greatly appreciated!
Two more...

[Elmar Lang]

The Austrian order actually is an Order of the Iron Crown III Class with War Decoration (the green enamelled laurel wreath, means a wartime award). It should be made of gilt bronze and from its details, although apparently unmarked, it should have been made by Rozet & Fischmeister, or A. E. Köchert, of Vienna.

[VtwinVince]

Some nice items. The one with the blue and white ribbon is the Schaumburg-Lippe Military Merit Cross 2nd Class. The other is a silver-gilt Wuerttemberg Order of Military Merit Knight's Cross, I would say a later WW1 piece.

[Wartime Collectables]

This is greatly appreciated! More!

[Gary B]

Brunswick War Merit Cross (equivalent to EK2)
Lippe-Detmold War Merit Cross 1st class (equivalent to EK1)

Gary B

[Wartime Collectables]

I think I have moved into this thread!
Here is another....

[Miro O]

Bulgarian Order of Bravery, 4th class, 1st grade.

[Wartime Collectables]

Some of these are quite striking!

[Gary B]

Red Eagle Order 3rd Class with Swords and Crown (look on the bottom of the cross to see if there is a Maker mark)

[VtwinVince]

Nice stuff. The Lippe cross is an award type by Zimmermann. Now it gets serious with the RAO3mSuK. These are very rare. Are the swords screwed into the body of the cross? If so, please post extreme close-ups of the swords, specifically the edges.

[Wartime Collectables]

You have my attention! Not sure if pics are good or if 'screwed' in but body is well fit, multi piece construction cross and appear to be post heads on either side of the sword as it enters the base. Marked with a thin line W on the bottom arm. Wagner?

[VtwinVince]

Yup, W is for Wagner. I'm not convinced by the swords, to be honest. The grips are not typical for what one sees on Prussian decorations. AFAIK these should be produced hollow, in two pieces with a seam down the edge, and they should be threaded and screwed into the cross. Keep in mind that this decoration is exceedingly rare, with, I believe, only 11 known awards.

[gmu]

Looks like someone has been trying to replicate Manfred von Richthofen’s awards. I have been trying to do so myself for many, many years. I have been trying to get a real RAO, but these birds are very rare!

Your cross is much better than mine, but I agree with ME109 that the swords do not look right!


These are mine.....